Mystery deepens as Brit vanishes deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest after receiving death threats June 7, 2022 It is increasingly unclear what has happened to British journalist Dom Philips, who went missing in de Amazon rainforest on Sunday. Phillips, 57, and Bruno Araújo Pereira, a Brazilian adviser at the Univaja association of people in the Vale do Javari Indigenous territory, were last seen early on Sunday in the Sao Rafael community, according [...]
Amazon shareholders gear up to vote on workers’ rights as Andy Jassy’s fresh leadership is tested May 25, 2022 Amazon shareholders are set to vote on a worker’s rights proposal for the first time ever, as the tech giant comes under increasing pressure to respond to public controversies.
Amazon tells government online sales tax would wound small retailers using its platform June 23, 2022 An Amazon manager cautioned the government that a levy on internet heavyweights would cause serious damage to the UK’s small retailers, According to a report by Sky News, John Boumphrey, Amazon’s UK country manager, urged a Treasury minister against an online sales tax (OST) at a meeting with retail chiefs on Wednesday. A one per [...]
Amazon’s department store incursion onto the high street will force retail to transform September 3, 2021 Last month, it was reported Amazon was looking to open a chain of large department stores. The online shopping behemoth has always had a reputation for disrupting the high-street, keeping bricks-and-mortar stores and traditional retailers on their toes with a tireless ability to reinvent itself. These are not Amazon’s first in-real-life stores. It already operates [...]
Amazon to open first US clothes store with a ‘tech twist’ January 20, 2022 Amazon is making another push to grow its fashion business, announcing today that it will open its first-ever clothes store store this year, with a tech twist.
After Amazon’s dramatic move to block Visa credit cards, businesses sound the alarm: Card fees are out of control November 20, 2021 E-commerce giant Amazon confirmed to City A.M. yesterday that it intends to stop accepting payments made using UK Visa credit cards from early next year. The online retailer said that Visa credit cards issued in the UK will be blocked from use on its site from January 19. The move sent shockwaves through Britain’s consumer [...]
Amazon passes inflation surcharges onto sellers as the ecommerce giant battles rocketing costs April 14, 2022 Amazon is set to introduce a five per cent "fuel and inflation surcharge" as the ecommerce giant grapples with the rocketing costs.
Subscription overload: Why people are cancelling Netflix, Dazn and Disney+ April 4, 2024 An overload of choice is one of the main reasons why people might decide to cancel their Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video subscriptions.
Amazon seizes more than three million counterfeit products as ecommerce giant cracks down on fraud June 8, 2022 Amazon has seized more than three million counterfeit products in the last year and referred more than 600 criminals for investigation as the tech firm tries to stamp out fraud. In its latest Brand Protection Report, the ecommerce giant revealed it has invested more than $900m and had more than 12,000 people—including machine learning scientists, software developers, and [...]
Amazon accused of misleading customers with delivery times November 7, 2021 Amazon has been accused of misleading customers by moving deliveries to a later date when customers go to checkout to pay.